Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 13:53:23 +0200 From: des@ofug.org (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: outdated files after make world Message-ID: <xzp4r5dcg98.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030404202411.GC82587@sunbay.com> (Ruslan Ermilov's message of "Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:24:11 %2B0300") References: <01C2FAE8.1CA187E0@ari@snafu.de> <20030404202411.GC82587@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> writes: > > | -C Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files > > | are the same, then don't change the modification time of the tar- > > | get. > > This is ambiguos. Does that mean the file isn't copied at all, or=20 > > is it copied with the mtime preserved (and thus changes the ctime)? > There used to be a bug. It is fixed in 5.0-CURRENT: > : -C Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files > : are the same, then don't change the modification time of the tar- > : get. If the target's file flags and mode need not to be changed, > : the target's inode change time is also unchanged. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's still a bug. If the files match, nothing is copied. RTFS. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@ofug.org
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